Dictionary

excretion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪkˈskɹiːʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /əkˈskɹiːʃən/ (New-Zealand)
• /ɪkˈskɹiːʃən/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪkˈskɹiʃən/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.
   • […] the removal of all soiled liquids, and of such offaling, secretions and excretions as are easily or naturally reduced to a liquid or semiliquid state. 1881, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Journal of Social Science, page 32:

Forms

Deriveds

hyperexcretion · overexcretion · underexcretion · postexcretion

Relateds

excrete · secretion

Synonyms

excretum · excrement

Translations (43)

cmn 排泄 (process of removing from the body) · pl ekskrecja (process of removing from the body) · es excreción (process of removing from the body) · ko 배설 (process of removing from the body) · th การขับถ่าย (process of removing from the body) · id ekskresi (process of removing from the body) · kmr deravêtin (process of removing from the body) · tl paluwasan (process of removing from the body) · de Exkretion (process of removing from the body) · ms perkumuhan (process of removing from the body) · ru экскре́ция (process of removing from the body) · fi erittäminen (process of removing from the body) · fr excrétion (process of removing from the body) · ja 排泄 (process of removing from the body) · fi eritys (process of removing from the body) · la excretio (process of removing from the body) · es emunción (process of removing from the body) · bn রেচন (process of removing from the body) · fa دفع (process of removing from the body) · tl ekskresyon (process of removing from the body) · it escrezione (process of removing from the body) · nl excretie (process of removing from the body) · da udskilning (process of removing from the body) · te విసర్జన (process of removing from the body) · ga fearadh (process of removing from the body) · tr ifrağ (process of removing from the body) · ru выделе́ние (process of removing from the body) · vi bài tiết (process of removing from the body) · hi उत्सर्जन (process of removing from the body) · gl excreción (process of removing from the body) · yue 排泄 (process of removing from the body) · pt excreção (process of removing from the body) · pl wydalanie (process of removing from the body) · tr boşaltım (process of removing from the body) · ta கழிப்பு (process of removing from the body) · af uitskeiding (process of removing from the body) · de Ausscheidung (process of removing from the body) · nan-hbl 排泄 (process of removing from the body) · nl uitscheiding (process of removing from the body) · bg отделяне (process of removing from the body) · el απέκκριση (process of removing from the body) · ca excreció (process of removing from the body) · cs vylučování (process of removing from the body)